BASF headquarters secures double Platinum status

BASF’s North American headquarters building has officially become the fifth construction project in the United States and the first in New Jersey to achieve LEED double Platinum certification. The 325,000-sq.-ft. building, developed in partnership with the Rockefeller Group Development Corporation at The Green at Florham Park, achieved LEED certification for Commercial Interiors (CI) and Core & Shell (CS) from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The facility, which officially opened in May 2012, features many BASF-enabled construction solutions and is one of New Jersey’s largest sustainable projects.

Platinum certification is the highest achievement attainable through the LEED green building certification program, which encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices. “Very few projects have earned multiple platinum certifications for one building. In fact, only three sites on the West Coast and one in Michigan have achieved this so far. BASF’s headquarters building in Florham Park is the first LEED double Platinum designated facility—and the largest LEED Platinum corporate project—in New Jersey,” said Florence Block, director of USGBC New Jersey.

“Our new headquarters is a living demonstration of our innovations in sustainable construction and high-performance buildings,” said Hans Engel, chairman and CEO of BASF Corp. “It stands as a tangible example of how BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future while creating a healthy and safe work atmosphere where our employees can even better cooperate and collaborate.”

Furthermore, the manner in which BASF and Rockefeller Group collaborated on the project exemplifies a key pillar of LEED Project Development known as Integrated Design. This is a process by which all the stakeholders of a project are brought together at the outset—from the owner, developer, architects, engineers, contractors, building code officials, planning board members, etc.

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